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A Look Into The Nanoscale
Researchers have captured time-series snapshots of a solid as it evolves on the ultra-fast timescale. Using femtosecond X-ray free electron laser (FEL) pulses, the team is able to observe condensed...
New Process Brings Nanoparticles Into Focus
Scientists can study the biological impacts of engineered nanomaterials on cells within the body with greater resolution than ever because of a procedure developed by researchers at the Department of...
How a Man-Made Tornado Could Power the Future
The electricity for a small city could be generated from the wind being sucked up an artificial tornado.
Accidental Discovery Could Enable Development Of Faster Computers
Physicists have made an accidental discovery in the lab that has potential to change how information in computers can be transported or stored. Dependent on the "spin" of electrons, a...
Engineers Reveal What Makes Diamonds Slippery At The Nanoscale
Engineers have conducted the first study of diamond friction supported by spectroscopy and determined that this slippery behavior comes from passivation of atomic bonds at the diamond surface that were...
Tethered Molecules Act As Light-driven Reversible Nanoswitches
A new technique for attaching light-sensitive organic molecules to metal surfaces allows the molecules to be switched between two different configurations in response to exposure to different wavelengths of light....
Physicists Develop 'Impossible' Technique To Study And Develop Superconductors
Researchers have developed a technique that controls the number of electrons on the surface of high-temperature superconductors, a procedure considered impossible for the past two decades.
Lemurs handed advantage by smelly trick
Primates have distinct scents on each hand, perhaps to confuse rivals.
Method to make nanoscale patterns created
PRINCETON, N.J., June 24 (UPI) -- U.S. engineers say they've developed a technique that allows the easy creation of nanoscale patterns on uneven surfaces.
MIT Energy Initiative, Bosch to collaborate
As part of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), MIT and Bosch, a leading global supplier of technology and services, are forming an energy research collaboration to explore new materials and...
Gene silencer and quantum dots reduce protein production to a whisper
Each of these jars contains the same substance. The difference is the size of the particles. Quantum dots, suspended in liquid, absorb white light and then reemit it in a...
Large Hadron Collider Probably Won't Destroy Earth
The Large Hadron Collider, the giant particle accelerator that's scheduled to begin colliding protons in August, has the potential to produce the long-sought Higgs boson. That elusive particle is a...
Scientists reveal why glass is glass
Scientists have made a breakthrough discovery in the bizarre properties of glass, which behaves at times like both a solid and a liquid.
Physicists Recognized for Research Accomplishments
In separate awards, Alexandra Gade and Georg Bollen, physicists at Michigan State University's National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL), have been recognized for their research programs in basic nuclear science.
Protons Partner With Neutrons More Often Than With Other Protons
Fast-moving protons are much more likely to pair up with fast-moving neutrons than with other protons in the nuclei of atoms, according to a recent experiment. The research confirms a...
Physicists Store Images in Vapor
Books are written on solid pieces of paper for an obvious reason: the atoms in a solid don`t move around much, keeping the words and pictures in place for centuries....
Detailed image of a viral protein created
SAN DIEGO, June 23 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists using electron microscopy and 3-D computer reconstruction say they have produced the most detailed image yet of a viral protein...
CSIRO scientist discovers natural 'invisible' gold
The search for these natural but 'invisible' nanoparticles is important. If they can be proved to exist, the knowledge will help give us a deeper understanding of how gold can...
12 Million Molecules Share 143 Basic Shapes, Researchers Find
Chemists in Ohio have discovered that half of all of the known chemical compounds in the world have an amazing similarity in sharing only 143 basic molecular shapes.
Project to Advance Radar, Communications Systems
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is providing $1.4 million to a Phase III research project led by the U.S. Department of Energy Argonne National Laboratory to develop high-performance...
Super multi-use minerals unveiled
This material forms around a third of the average packet of washing powder and helps refine 99 per cent of the world's petrol. It is also used to clean up...
Electrical A-G Ratings may be on the way out
Plans to scrap the A-G electrical rating system - the equivalent of HIPS in the electrical sector - may be on the cards according to a new report...
The robot that climbs in the pipe
Industrial pipe systems are inaccessible and narrow. The pipes can be vertical and have junctions. Just as challenging, leakage points in the water system must be located, the condition of...
Harnessing The Tibetan Sun
In many villages throughout Tibet, there are two ways to cook a meal. There's the traditional open fire, fueled by yak dung or the region's increasingly scarce wood. And then...
Fill 'Er Up - But Make It Hydrogen
A lucky few, including actress Jamie Lee Curtis, have won the chance to rent the potential car of the future - one that runs on hydrogen, not gasoline.
McCain Sets Goal of 45 New Nuclear Reactors by 2030
Senator John McCain, in his third straight day of speeches about energy and $4-a-gallon gasoline, called the goal “as difficult as it is necessary.”
Canada puts brakes on electric vehicles
Despite increasing local demand for zero-emissions cars and trucks and robust exports of electric vehicles, Canada will not allow them on its roads, lament manufacturers.
What's New In -- Cameras
Consumer Reports' Paul Reynolds pointed to the most innovative new point-and-click devices on the market, in a new Early Show segment called "What's New In..."